European Sleeper Train Brussels - Prague: Inaugural Journey in Sleeping Car 

It was great to meet you - and thanks for getting me in the video somehow 😂 looking forward to editing my video soon 🤩

Now that's a proper international train of the old school!

I must say, going through this route with openable windows is a must!

I don't give a f@@ck about the rants and the complaints about old sleeping cars etc etc...Because....This train is a railfans paradise...😁😁 Reminds me "good" old days!🤗

Europe railway stations are awesome. Made for people. So humanish design and look. Thank you very much!

Thanks for this amazing video! Full of sleeper train atmosphere!

As always a very nice video and very fast online!!!

Super video!!

Looooooved it, thank u for sharing it with us ;) already looked at ticket prices 😅

Fantastic train and a great video!

Magnifique vidéo

Wow, what an amazing views ! Must have been a great journey !

European Sleeper runs the service in czechia in cooperation with České Dráhy, so essentially in czechia it's a private ČD train They also provide the cleaning and refilling of the train with water in prague.

I'm really looking forward to taking this train!!

I'm all for the benefits of rail travel including night trains. But 239eur really is too much money for this journey, specially for these old cars lacking modern facilities. Were there any power sockets, wifi onboard, decent toilets and showers, any sort of food & drinks offer? Interesting experiment and wish them the best luck, I know they're trying to get a dinner car. But I fear this isn't as attractive as it should be for a service in 2024. P.S.: it wouldn't be a train journey through Germany without a delay, absolute classic!

Thank you for this. My daughter and I have a sleeping compartment each booked for early June. Coming back the same way but on day trains and stopping off in Berlin and Amsterdam for a few days each. SO looking forward to it!

Very nice coverages

That was very quick :) Good work. Strangely emotional to watch when you know how much effort went into making this happen. Woohoo :))

I'm booked on the full run in May, so must remember to buy plenty of food and drink before I board. I am slightly worried that the number of passengers boarding in Belgium and Holland doesn't look too promising so far. Let's hope patronage improves.

Very nice, like ! ! !

Perfect video , great idea this service ❤. Very long train😮

Nice video👍

Bin ehrlich diese wagen mit dem fenster sind geil geiles video

Wowzers! You work fast :D Immediately online after yesterday's innaugural trip (which infact is a special day, as it was my birthday). I'll be taking this train in May with a couple of friends departing from Amsterdam :)

this sleeper is a bit of a collection of very old wagons. but better than nothing. don't miss a dining carriage on this long journey!

Pěkné video cz 😁😁😁😁😁

Great to see this. And actually I filmed you in The Hague. This Friday I'll take the European Sleeper as well, however I won't do all the way, I'll start in my home town The Hague.

nice video

Fastest uploader in the West! (you, that is, not me)

Perfect night trip......I saw Wingin' It Paul was there aswell...

Super ce train, j'espère le prendre d'ici peu. Ça à l'air sympa comme voyage. Il y a tres longtemps que j'ai pas pris de couchette. Les 239 € y compris la couchette ? Merci pour ce voyage et vidéo ferroviaire très intéressante. Félicitations pour le partage. 👍📽️🙋🤩🤩🤩👏🚂🇨🇿🇩🇪👋 Salutations de Normandie.

ooh very nice

Excellent video as always - thank you. May I ask, what camera (and gimbal?) do you use?

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Some coaches' livery Is very similar to the UIC x italian 1982 livery

Great that you got this out to us so soon after travelling, no doubt others will be posting theirs in due course. Loved the burgundy livery, is this what ES is going to adopt? Missed your intro music though.

Especially nice footage at about the 6-minute mark!

If the stop in Amsterdam was 22.27 - 22.34 (14:54), and the border crossing at 00.48 (17:38) the stop at Bad Bentheim could not have happend at 21.18 - 21.22 as shown at 18:08 (not even with the 10 minutes early...) I am not glad that I missed the first run into Praque as I did see the first run to Berlin in 2023. Good job, ES of running all the way now!

1:37 If you have seen someone taking a picture of the screen, that is me😊

This is the one thing I’m jealous over Europeans for. The ability to hop on a train and go just about anywhere.

Don't you just love Antwerp Station!

Thank you so much for sharing, very useful information!❤ By the way I know a discount can find cheaper train tickets, if someone needs, I am happy to share ❤

Arriving before 6 am Berlin is brutal

Pour un train inaugural, pourquoi certains wagons sont si sales à l'extérieur? Superbes vidéos, félicitations.

Berlins Stadtbahn (Zoo - Berlin Hbf - Ostbahnhof) is very congested. I wonder whether it would make sense to route the train via Gesundbrunnen, at least when arriving in the morning.

I’m booked to go on the last leg of this in April between Dresden and Praha. I love old run down trains, new stuff is so boring and functional.

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Ability to run a 15 car train is impressive considering when it started it barely had enough to run Brussels-Berlin. Is it now more reliable and easy to book, or is it like Nightjet, there, but you have to book it 2 years ahead of time to find space on a train?

I saw this train passing thru Hanover while i was in the ice next to it lol

5:55 looks unreal

I think such an early arrival in Berlin will hurt them financially.

Ein gastronomisches Angebot gab es, außer dem "EPA-Frühstück", sonst gar nicht? Ich finde die Idee von "European Sleeper" durchaus toll und begrüßenswert. Aber die Mischung aus alten, ziemlich abgerockten Liege- und Schlafwagen ohne Dusche (?), ohne Gastronomie an Bord und bespannt mit einer Lok, die zwar multisystemfähig ist, aber dafür Vmax nur 140 Km/h fährt, nicht wirklich attraktiv, wenn man bedenkt, dass der Zug ggf. einen Flug + Hotelübernachtung ersetzen soll. Das schlagende Argument ist dann also der Fahrpreis? Falls ja, was hat die Fahrt von Start bis Ziel gekostet?

Hello, in your compartment is it me or I dont see any curtains or anything like that? Thanks

Over 15 hours on a train, not counting bonus delays, with no lounge car, no dining car, no showers and no vending machines? Sheesh! That makes even Amtrak look stellar. And that Berlin arrival time is enough to ruin anybody's day. Makes you wonder why flying is so popular.

It was an enjoyable video to watch and very interesting to see one new line on the european sleeper train network. What I don't get is why DB is letting regional trains pass through and yours have a delay... Greetings from Switzerland!

How much was ist booked? Looks like a very long train.

This is the weirdest route ever - Brussels to Prague via Amsterdam and Berlin? This train goes almost in a circle. 😱

One could discuss the marketing strategy here. Compared to other start-ups (Midnight Train), ES has the advantage of having a train on the tracks. But on the other hand, these dirty antiquated carriages are hurting the reputation of night trains in western europe. I booked nightjet for our next brussels-berlin trip (further to Poland) : when booking one month ago, our 3-bed sleeper cabin cost us less than 3 bunks in a shared 6-bunks compartment on the ES... for a train that arrives in Berlin at a decent hour (according to schedule). I hope ES can buy or rent some new rolling stock soon.

So many people are awake in Berlin at 5:30 😉!

Hi , ask you this train stoping in usti nad labem thank yo

Alstom has officially "adopted" the TRAXX product line into its own portfolio, so should be refered an Alstom TRAXX. The project originated under AdTranz and the companies that formed it. Alstom does not have the rights to use the "Bombardier" trademark. Alstom has been very slow in deciding which former Bombardier products it would market under its name and which will remain in a state of limbo. TRAXX was luckily saved.

On which website I order ticket?

I love that they apologized for delay, DB doesn't do that on their trains

To those who don't see the point of this train ... sorry you are so short sighted. Sleeper trains are a growing phenomena. They have been gaining quite a bit in popularity in Asia for some time now, and even the US is introducing some. The convenience of being able to board in the center of the city, without needing to drive out to the airport. The lack of long check-in lines, cramped seats, ridiculous baggage restrictions, risk of baggage getting lost etc only add to the convenience. There's far less impact likely from bad weather or equipment switchouts causing delays and reschedules. The environmental impact of your travel is far less (yes planes pollute a lot per passenger). Also, you get to see some nice scenery. For a business traveler the plane will remain the best option. But for someone going on a vacation the trip becomes part of the journey. Instead of dealing with the hassle of air travel at the end of the holiday, you get to sit back in a relatively spacious cabin, not worrying if the souvenirs you bought are too big/heavy. And you get to enjoy some scenery while enroute. Sure, it's 15hrs vs a 2.5hr flight, but if you count in travel to/from the airport, check-in, boarding, waiting for baggage, etc it's more like 15hrs vs 7.5hrs ... plus you save on one night's hotel cost each way. Sure it's not a replacement for plane travel, but it's one heck of an appealing option for travelers looking to unwind and relax.

I dont get why it makes two stops kn Berlin, two in Dresden, two in Antwerp, etc. its not a commuter train, why waste time?

Power points?

New locomotive ?

The indication of the fare points at the borders is very interesting (for example "Bad Bentheim (Gr)". However, since it is a market-price train, I would be curious to know if these fare points are indicated on the tickets. In fact, I understand that they are used still only for the issue of the legendary international kilometric fare tickets (formerly TCV, today NIR*), which has practically disappeared in France, Italy and Spain. Perhaps it resists in Germany and the former socialist countries.

I don't understand, why they didn't extend it on the other side too. It takes the Eurostar about 2 hours to make the journey from St. Pankrac to Bruxelless. Say the Sleeper would take three hours and use the same infrastructure that is in place for Eurostar. That would mean leaving London around 16:20 to arrive just before 11:00. Somewhat edge case to book a trip, but still doable. A plane taking off around that time from London would set down in Prague around 18:30, meaning you'd still have to go to a hotel at which point, you have to consider the price difference. And that's only direct to Prague! You'd stil have the passengers for Berlin!

I glad the travel in the world only trains

how fast is this train? is a high speed train or normal?

Gibt es in den Zügen auch Plätze für Raucher

no curtains?

Giving regional trains priority over international trains... I see DB is still doing what they can to kill night trains...

650 EUROS FOR 3 people thank you would skip 😁

Where is it better for FUN: Prague or Amsterdam?

Szkoda ze do Polski nie ma takiego pociągu

it must be really hard to fund few millions to develop a modern sleeper car...

Yeah European Commission. Spend millions of our € on projects like this one. Give us more luxury like that. Beautiful modern cars, excellent dining, clean up-to-date amenities. Punctuality. Unmatchable comfort. XXI century. 👏🏼 Seriously this looks like one of those regiojet trains. It’s 2024 not 1997. Gross.

And of course, Eurotrash graffiti on some of the cars.

Based on what I can see in the video, this train is exactly the reason why sleeping cars went out of fashion. Old cars do not have the comfort or facilities that today's travelers demand. I did my fair share of sleeping trains in the 1980s and '90s. It was not a good experience. But I have also made several recent trips where the room (or rather cabin) had an ensuite toilet and shower, and the restaurant was open late and early, and the experience was wonderful. This particular service should be returned to the switchyard until the operator can offer something more relevant.

Vidéo is showing too much railwayz and not enough inside space

2:56 Whopping? I think it's the normal length in some other countries.

The DB infra controllers are the most stupid monkeys you can imagine! Thx for the great video though!

I already saw some Czech reviews of this route and they all say it's a nonsense and they will just fly next time. As a someone who traveled to Croatia several times with sleeping train, I would probably survive that, but Brussels or Amsterodam are very often destinations and you can find cheap airplane tickets, so I don't really know what's the point of such train and I am saying it as a person who really likes traveling by train. I would always pick a train if it's 500 km or less, but this thing is going almost to China before it reaches it's destination, if it was at least going directly to Brussels...and average speed 60 km/h, it's a nonsense. They have fast trains in western europe, so it's a nonsense even for someone who wants to get from Berlin to Amsterodam or something, why would people do that in such a slow train? I have to check ticket prices, when I was trying to check it few days ago, it was just saying some error in dutch, that also says something about that company. I was defending sleeping trains to Croatia, yes, it's a hell ride and only big train enthusiasts will survive that, but I still find it better than car or bus, because you arrive there early and you are fresh (if you can sleep in a train ofcourse), but in Croatia the thing is that you can't get to your summer destination directly by airplane because airports are in bigger cities, so even when you fly, it's another few hours by bus, so it's pointless to fly there and there is no competition on those routes, so plane tickets are expensive, but that's not the thing when you fly to Brussels or Amsterodam, so main point of going there by train is out.

Over 33 Minutes just filming out of the window, instead of telling the people something about the train, the comfort of the sleeping cars, couchette cars or the other 15 waggons. 33 Minutes without absolutely no information ist just boring, no information about the timetable, the prices, the service on board, absolutely no further informations instead of showing the length of the nighttrain. Some of these couchette cars and especially the sleeping car are older than me with a an age of 58 years. Some of the very old ex German couchette cars with very old withdrawn preferred compartments ( in German: teilbares Vorzugsabteil ) are presenting the state of art night travelling in the beginning of the 1970‘s! Now these compartments fulfill not more the standard of modern night coaches. At least the both sleeping cars you will find normally in railway museums. Without modern Equipment and without a shower or toilet inside the cabin, you will ask to pay for the exactly same sleeping car for the whole compartment with three beds for a journey from Berlin to Innsbruck about 1000€ one way fare! As someone else described the comfort on board this over 60 years old sleeping car like boat on stormy water. Quite obviously the suspension of the bogies of the couchette cars is so soft that he had the impression that the old C.I.W.L. Sleeping car derailed! )

I wish trains like the ones you filmed at the beginning of this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Eq2A8ZAoxpM.html would go all the way to Prague instead of such sleeping junk

Хочу сказать тем людям которые делают эти вагоны вы совсем не желаете работать вы совсем ни хотите работать абсолютно вам лень. Так что увольтесь по собственному либо работайте как мы всё будет хорошо. В ваших вагонах купе мало того что маленькое но там мало места даже для одного человека Я не говорю для двоих не считая ребенка так что смотрите на наши вагоны.

For these delays, the night trains will never be succesfull and popular

I really see no reason to take this train unless you are a train enthusiast. Old, run down wagons (the kind you can find in a 3rd world country) for stellar prices (250 euros could be 4 or 5 low cost one way air tickets) I can't see this service surviving for long... sorry.

BORING